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By Jordan Bastian
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CHICAGO -- The Indians were a bit short-handed for Wednesday's game against the White Sox. Shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera and catcher Carlos Santana were both out of the starting lineup because of health issues.

Cabrera was dealing with a sore right quad and Santana was sidelined with flu-like symptoms. Indians manager Terry Francona said he held both players out with the hope that -- with an off-day looming on Thursday -- they might be ready to return to the mix on Friday in Kansas City.

Cabrera tweaked his right leg while stealing second base in the eighth inning of Monday's 3-2 win over Chicago.

Mike Aviles started in place of Cabrera at shortstop on Wednesday.

"He was running the bases and he felt his quad a little bit," Francona said of Cabrera. "We're just going to try to take advantage. It's a miserable day and we have the day off [Thursday]. We lean on him pretty hard. So we'll give him a day, let Aviles play short and let [Cabrera] come in Friday feeling really good."

Santana has felt ill for the past couple of days. The Indians catcher saw a doctor in Chicago on Tuesday night and was given medication.

"He's a little bit enfermo," Francona said. "They've got him on meds and everything. We'll get him feeling better and hopefully not have him get everybody else sick. He can be our backup in case something happens. He's just not feeling well."